A Royal Worcester pâte-sur-pâte vase by William Pointon, circa 1875-80A Royal Worcester pâte-sur-pâte vase by William Pointon, circa 1875-80Ovoid with gilded false-ring handles on the shoulders, decorated in white relief on a celadon green ground with a heron by a pool edged with aquatic plants, signed with initials 'WP', the reverse with bulrushes, 25.5cm high, embossed factory markRoyal Worcester pâte-sur-pâte by William Pointon is discussed by Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte (1992), p167. Pointon probably taught the technique to Charles Noke who later went to Doulton.